Battalion tickets selling fast— in North Bay

NORTH BAY BOUND:

North Bay has kicked off its Battalion season ticket sale drive with the slogan 'It's Time for the OHL to Come Home'. The Brampton team announced plans to move to North Bay for the 2013-2014 OHL season.

Let the countdown begin!
The City of North Bay has put a Dec. 31 date upon themselves to reach the 2,000 season tickets that they need to secure the Ontario Hockey League’s Brampton Battalion.
But it looks is if they won’t need that long at the current rate and that the North Bay Battalion will only need league approval later this month to finalize the move.
At a press conference on Thursday, North Bay Mayor Al McDonald kicked off the season ticket campaign, announcing pricing and details of how to purchase tickets.
It looks like that all the residents of the northern community were waiting for.
The ‘Bring the OHL Home to North Bay’ season ticket committee has set up a website with details of how to purchase seats and answering questions that potential buyers might have.
It also has a running total of days remaining until the Dec. 31 deadline and a count of the number of season tickets still to be sold.
And as of 9 p.m. on Friday, it indicated that more than 1,400 tickets had been sold in just over 24 hours. Just 582 to go, and 53 days to get there.
Not a good sign for any Brampton fans who thought they might get a reprieve.
And if anyone was looking to purchase one of the 10 private boxes that are to be build as part of the $12 million renovation plan to North Bay Memorial Gardens, they’re out of luck. They’ve already been spoken for and there is a waiting list.
To view the ‘Bring the OHL Home to North Bay site and get the latest numbers visit www.bringohlhome.com.